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Vintage-style photo of a small pharmacy storefront in Hastings, Nebraska with a modern Mav & Charlie shampoo bottle beside it

Mav & Charlie's Editorial TeamJuly 15, 2026

We've Been Doing This Since 1981. You're Just Meeting Us Now.

Mav & Charlie is new. The pharmacy behind it isn't. The shampoo in your cart traces back to a compounding pharmacy in Hastings, Nebraska that has been…

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Mav & Charlie's Editorial TeamJuly 15, 2026

Plain English Pharmacology

Hot Spots, Explained (Without the Vet Bill)

A hot spot can go from "huh, he's licking his leg a lot" to a raw, oozing, softball-sized mess in about six hours. That's not an exaggeration. It's the…

Mav & Charlie's Editorial TeamJuly 15, 2026

Plain English Pharmacology

Chlorhexidine Gluconate: The Ingredient Doing All the Work

If your dog has a hot spot, a yeasty belly fold, or that unmistakable "corn chip" smell coming off their paws, the ingredient most likely to fix it is…